GROUCHO – The truth is out there
Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, Muse, Truckfighters, Thrice
Groucho bring their desert-rock fancy in the service of the intergalactic truth.
The truth leaves a lot to be imagined, as one great floppy-haired songwriter once declared. People have always had a love affair with conspiracy theories and with what could lie just outside of reality, or what might be observed by those with intuition from enough to discern it.
The truth is that the news that most of us get to hear are just the result of a highly efficient, well-oiled PR machine. Getting people to watch, listen, and observe is the currency with which anyone trying to sell a product, or an idea is concerned. Why wouldn’t the truth be out of sight?
GROUCHO embrace their inner Mulder and Scully on the single The truth is out there. Be it, little green men, or intergalactic warlords, Groucho are ready to use their prog meets indie-rock sound to uncover reality, or at least, give conspiracy-minded folks something to speak about. Regardless of the topic, it’s a powerful sound that the Tulsa group is able to create here.
Iam Nothe – Lord You Are The Cure
Genre: Blues, Classic Rock
Similar artists: Paul Weller, Curtis Harding, Black Pumas, Eddie Hazel, Ian Astbury
Iam Nothe infuses some soul into our wonderful secular age with the song Lord, you are the cure.
The artist is the art. Don’t rock n’ roller nowadays have any spiritual leaning, besides their fascination for leather jackets and a good pair of shades? Maybe, they should. Almost all of the greats that get featured in online mags, like Rolling Stone, that one might care to mention, did. From Lennon to Cohen, from Dylan to Reed, interest for a world outside of the material one has always existed.
Hip, sunglasses-wearing, black-garbed hip people have concerns about their souls and the meaning of their actions as much as anyone else. To paraphrase the words of Dylan, you gotta serve somebody, even if you’re looking to serve no one.
To, also, quote an acquaintance, if you hear anything good at my place and don’t know what it is, it’s probably Paul Weller. Greek artist Iam Nothe digs into the soulful sound and storytelling approach of Weller. Iam Nothe brings his own concerns to the writing, as well as a brand of confidence that suits him well. This is almost a modern indie-rock gospel number, one about things that weigh on the soul.
